5th Stags Run eyes record cast

MANILA, Philippines - San Sebastian College-Recoletos Manila will hold the fifth Stags Run on Jan. 25 at Rajah Sulayman in Baywalk, Roxas Boulevard to raise funds for its missionary missions here and abroad.

Rev. Fr. Joel Alve, OAR, San Sebastian’s vice president for student welfare and overall chair of the race, said he hopes the upcoming event, set to fire off at 6 a.m., will surpass the 4,000-runner field which took part this year.

Events on tap are 3K, 5K and 10K.

“We intend to match, if not surpass, the more than 4,000 participants who joined this year. This way, we would be able to sustain the implementation of our pastoral ministry and missions,” said Alve. “I’m calling for the participation of the school community, friends and alumni to make this event a meaningful and successful one,” he added.

San Sebastian is organizing the race to encourage not just its alumni and community but the public to help in their charitable missions in 2015.

The Stags Run will also highlight the school’s 74th founding anniversary from Jan. 20 to 15 on a theme “Fruits of Greatness: The Manifestations of Love are the Threshold of Wisdom.”

Dubbed as “Takbo Para sa Misyon”, this first run in 2011 supported the missionary works of the Order of Augustinian Recollects (OAR) in Sierra Leone, Africa and the Cascian Island in Palawan through media evangelization and educational apostolate.

Running for the next sprint, “Takbo Para sa Edu-Misyon,” the institution was able to further its educational mission and stage the different outreach programs in 2012.

The third and fourth leg led the community and supporters to hype the “Takbo Para sa Bokasyon” and “Stags Charity Run” which intended to obtain funds for the support of vocations to the priestly and religious life in the Order of Augustinian Recollects.